Sri Lanka's climate includes tropical monsoons the northeast monsoon (December to March), and the southwest monsoon (June to October).

Strong north east winds blow from October until April from May until October south and west winds prevail.

In wind driven currents, the Ekman spiral effect results in the currents flowing at an angle to the driving winds.

In aviation, a crosswind is the component of wind that is blowing across the runway, making landings and take offs more difficult than if the wind were blowing straight down the runway.

In the United States, for the fifth year in a row, Congress has yet to pass a full fledged budget, let alone dealt with the economy s growth and employment headwinds.

Storage mechanisms need to be invented so that power is not interrupted whenever there is no sunshine or wind.

Electricity generated from wind power is distinctly cheaper than the power sources used hitherto in the islands.

Climate The predominant climate type is tropical monsoon, with wide topographic induced variation.

The wind may turn, but the animal will turn always its nose into the wind.

The name of a quarter wind is typically X by Y , where X is a principal wind and Y is a cardinal wind.

The flow of plasma into the magnetosphere increases with additional turbulence, density and speed in the solar wind.

Wind energy

The call went unheeded, in keeping with the general atmosphere of self denial surrounding the issue.

The balloons are maneuvered by adjusting their altitude to float to a wind layer after identifying the wind layer with the desired speed and direction using wind data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The wind farms that we built convert the wind s kinetic energy into electricity.

So there is the landing target. Could they steer towards it with these capabilities? Here it is in the wind tunnel.

Denmark is a pioneer in commercial wind power and produces half of the world s wind turbines.

So when you add up the greenhouse gases in the lifetime of these various energy sources, nuclear is down there with wind and hydro, below solar and way below, obviously, all the fossil fuels.

The wild wind was blowing.

And those that strike violently ,

Then by oath of those that push with a strong gust .

storming tempestuously

And those raging swiftly

And by the winds that blow violently ,

Storming turbulently .

which then blow tempestuously

By the raging hurricanes ,

by those who sweep along like gale ,

And the winds that blow violently

by ( the angels ) as swift as blowing winds ,

and then storming on with a tempest 's force ,

Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts ,

Offshore wind power Offshore wind power refers to the construction of wind farms in large bodies of water to generate electricity.

The Global Economy s Chinese Headwinds

The call went unheeded.

Shiney ba (the whisper of the wind) CD.

And those that revive by quickening ,

Then by oath of those that lift and carry .

by the scatterers scattering

By the spreading winds spreading .

And by the winds that scatter clouds and rain

Scattering far and wide .

and raise ( clouds ) and scatter them around ,

By those which cause earth 's vegetation to revive

by those who publish the Divine messages far and wide ,